diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 526b761f..e457587d 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 ## 0.0.7 March 7 2015
 
 - Added the `worksheet_merge_range()` method to merge worksheet cells. See
-  also @ref merge1.c.
+  also @ref merge_range.c.
 
 
 ## 0.0.6 March 5 2015
diff --git a/dev/release/fix_example_docs.pl b/dev/release/fix_example_docs.pl
index 09d3d369..e58bb0a3 100644
--- a/dev/release/fix_example_docs.pl
+++ b/dev/release/fix_example_docs.pl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ my @examples = (
     [ 'dates_and_times03.c', 'Dates and times with different formats' ],
     [ 'utf8.c',              'A example of some UTF-8 text' ],
     [ 'constant_memory.c',   'Write a large file with constant memory usage' ],
-    [ 'merge1.c',            'Create a merged range of cells' ],
+    [ 'merge_range.c',       'Create a merged range of cells' ],
     [ 'headers_footers.c',   'Example of adding worksheet headers/footers' ],
     [ 'defined_name.c',      'Example of how to create defined names' ],
 );
diff --git a/docs/images/merge.png b/docs/images/merge.png
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diff --git a/docs/images/merge1.png b/docs/images/merge1.png
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index a4dadc6c..00000000
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diff --git a/docs/images/merge_range.png b/docs/images/merge_range.png
index 374097ce..e7ceb631 100644
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diff --git a/docs/src/examples.dox b/docs/src/examples.dox
index 74df0eb2..3a20e534 100644
--- a/docs/src/examples.dox
+++ b/docs/src/examples.dox
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ Next example: @ref anatomy.c
 
 
 @example anatomy.c
-Anatomy of a simple libxlsxwriter program.
+Anatomy of a simple libxlsxwriter program where the program is
+explained line by line with comments.
 
 Next example: @ref demo.c
 @image html anatomy.png
@@ -97,15 +98,15 @@ Next example: @ref constant_memory.c
 Example of using libxlsxwriter for writing large files in constant memory
 mode.
 
-Next example: @ref merge1.c
+Next example: @ref merge_range.c
 @image html constant_memory.png
 
 
-@example merge1.c
+@example merge_range.c
 Example of merging cells in a worksheet.
 
 Next example: @ref headers_footers.c
-@image html merge1.png
+@image html merge_range.png
 
 
 @example headers_footers.c
diff --git a/examples/merge2.c b/examples/merge2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 46eef4ec..00000000
--- a/examples/merge2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * An example of merging cells using libxlsxwriter.
- *
- * Copyright 2014-2015, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org
- *
- */
-
-#include "xlsxwriter.h"
-
-int main() {
-
-    lxw_workbook  *workbook     = new_workbook("merge2.xlsx");
-    lxw_worksheet *worksheet    = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
-    lxw_format    *merge_format = workbook_add_format(workbook);
-
-    /* Configure a format for the merged range. */
-    format_set_align(merge_format, LXW_ALIGN_CENTER);
-    format_set_align(merge_format, LXW_ALIGN_VERTICAL_CENTER);
-    format_set_bold(merge_format);
-    format_set_bg_color(merge_format, 0xD7E4BC);
-    format_set_border(merge_format, LXW_BORDER_DOUBLE);
-
-    /* Increase the cell size of the merged cells to highlight the formatting. */
-    worksheet_set_column(worksheet, 1, 3, 12, NULL, NULL);
-    worksheet_set_row(worksheet, 2, 30, NULL, NULL);
-    worksheet_set_row(worksheet, 3, 30, NULL, NULL);
-
-    /* Merge 3 cells over two rows. */
-    worksheet_merge_range(worksheet, 2, 1, 3, 3, "Merged Range", merge_format);
-
-    workbook_close(workbook);
-
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/examples/merge1.c b/examples/merge_range.c
similarity index 94%
rename from examples/merge1.c
rename to examples/merge_range.c
index 538a014d..4e8256b8 100644
--- a/examples/merge1.c
+++ b/examples/merge_range.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 int main() {
 
-    lxw_workbook  *workbook     = new_workbook("merge1.xlsx");
+    lxw_workbook  *workbook     = new_workbook("merge_range.xlsx");
     lxw_worksheet *worksheet    = workbook_add_worksheet(workbook, NULL);
     lxw_format    *merge_format = workbook_add_format(workbook);
 
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h b/include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h
index 4a06e8f5..b7086a7d 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter/worksheet.h
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ int8_t worksheet_set_column(lxw_worksheet *worksheet, lxw_col_t first_col,
  *
  * @endcode
  *
- * @image html merge_range.png
+ * @image html merge.png
  *
  * The `%worksheet_merge_range()` function writes a `char*` string using
  * `worksheet_write_string()`. In order to write other data types, such as a